Lakers vs. Rockets Game 6 live score, updates, highlights from 2026 NBA playoffs first-round series originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Los Angeles Lakers hit the road looking to pick up a series win over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 on Friday night. The Rockets defeated the Lakers 99-93 in the last matchup. Jabari Smith Jr. led the Rockets with 22 points, and LeBron James led the all scorers with 25.
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Raptors need OT to outlast Cavaliers, force Game 7 in Cleveland originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Raptors have defeated the Cavaliers to force a game 7 in Cleveland. Toronto maintained control for most of this game. From 0:50 left in the first quarter until the two-minute mark of the overtime period, Cleveland did not have a single lead in this game.
Neither team shot the ball particularly well tonight. Turnovers were almost even. Points off turnovers and points in the paint favored Cleveland.
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CSK vs MI: Will Rohit Sharma play against CSK on 2 May? Latest injury update on MI opener in IPL 2026 originally appeared on Cricket News.
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MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene says Rohit Sharma is recovering well, but didn’t confirm his return against CSK.
Mumbai Indians have won just two of eight matches and sit ninth on the table.
MI must win all remaining six games to keep their playoff hopes alive.
TORONTO — RJ Barrett hit a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Raptors pushed their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series to a seventh game by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-110 on Friday night.
Evan Mobley had a chance to win it for Cleveland but his 3-pointer bounced off the front of the rim.
Scottie Barnes had 25 points and 14 assists, Barrett and Ja’Kobe Walter both scored 24 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 17 as Toronto held on after blowing an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Game 7 is in Cleveland on Sunday.
Detroit — The Pistons-Magic series has been stretched to the max.
Now, your wallet might just have to be, too — that is, if you want to see Game 7 in person.
Ticket prices for the do-or-do Game 7 at Little Caesars Arena were surging Friday night, following Detroit’s epic, 93-79 victory on the road. The Pistons tied the series at 3-3, after rallying from a 24-point, third-quarter deficit.
The comeback has created a flurry of activity on the secondary ticket market, pushing prices to some of the highest we’ve ever seen for a Pistons game at LCA.
Drew Dinsick judges John Fanta’s Oaks Lil
The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.
Rafael Alves delivered one of the slickest submissions we’ve seen in a long time earlier tonight (Fri., May 1, 2026) at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA from Miami, Fla., stopping veteran fighter Anthony Njokuani with a rare hammerlock.
Tonight’s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA event was LIVE and FREE on YouTube so fight fans could enjoy the action without shelling out any cash. For those who tuned in to the undercard they witnessed one of rarest submissions in MMA.
It took Alves just a few moments to earn a slamming takedown and right into back control.
A broadcast dispute is emerging in Duke’s landmark, three-game streaming package with Amazon.
The Big Ten has notified the ACC and ESPN that it owns the rights of the announced neutral-site basketball game between Duke and Michigan next season from Madison Square Garden, scheduled for streaming on Amazon.
Duke collaborated with the ACC and television partner ESPN to strike the first-of-its-kind arrangement, agreeing to future scheduling commitments in exchange for the three games: against Michigan on Dec. 21 in New York, UConn on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas and Gonzaga on Feb. 20 in Detroit.